6/17/2015 WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASHPEE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY,JUNE 17,2015 OCKWAY MEETING ROOM--TOWN HALL Present: Wayne BevAcqua, Glenn Santos,Richard Elrick,Joyce Mason,Tom O'Hara,Tom Murphy, Catherine Laurent,and Andrew McKelvey. Absent: John Cahalane,Kalliope Egloff,Jonathan Furbush,and Geoff Gorman. Audience: Sam Houghton-Mashpee Enterprise Tom O'Hara,Vice Chairman,called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and informed the Committee that in view of the cmails received from Committee members requesting a meeting he scheduled this meeting. Joyce Mason explained Mike Richardson had been appointed to this Committee as Selectman member and since not re-elected he is not a member. However,Joyce advised that if Mike chooses to do so he can send a request to the Board of Selectmen to be appointed as member At Large. The Committee agreed that reorganization of the Waste Management Committee should be placed on the agenda for next meeting. Motion: Andrew McKelvey motioned to put Waste Management Committee reorganization on the next meeting agenda. Glenn Santos seconded the motion; and it was unanimously passed, Approval of Minutes Catherine Laurent motioned to approve the minutes of April 14, 2015. Joyce Mason seconded the motion. Discussion: Wayne BevAcqua recommended not approving the minutes until the verbatim minutes were reviewed by the Committee. Catherine Laurent withdrew her motion; seconded by Joyce Mason. Joyce is to contact Town Clerk to request the Cleric provide a copy of the verbatim minutes to the Committee, Approval of April 14`x'minutes tabled for next meeting, Organic Com ostin • Catherine Laurent advised that at this point only 2%of the 4300 FY-15 transfer station sticker holders are participating in the food waste composting. Catherine said the$150 monthly fee paid for food waste removal is being paid through a grant. • Tom Murphy asked; Any idea how many people do composting...how many houses do composting? Catherine said only information they have is they sell around 30 bins/year. • Tom O'Hara noted food waste can be brought in a bag to transfer station to add to the barrel. • Tom Murphy said we have to get people in Town educated because no matter who he talks to they don't understand the waste management system they just bag and throw away. • Joyce Mason suggested doing Survey Monkey on-line to get some sense of how many residents are aware of Transfer Station services. • Other communities that have composting on Cape—none see substantial decrease in solid waste.